Fulminant leukemoid reaction due to postpartum Clostridium sordellii infection

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 209-211

  Agrawal, Prabhat ^a   Garg, Ruchika ^b  

^a P G Department of Medicine   (India)

^b S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Clostridium sordellii; Leukemoid reaction; Postpartum sepsis; Toxic shock syndrome

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII INFECTION; DIZZINESS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALAISE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PITTING EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; VAGINA DISEASE;

EID: 84878679611     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.103899     Document Type: Article

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